by owner | Aug 11, 2022 | Medicine
The antibody in question was easily induced in rhesus macaque monkeys and provided broad protection against not just COVID-19 and variants but other SARS viruses. How can we prevent future SARS virus outbreaks like with SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19? The...
by owner | Aug 10, 2022 | London, Medical, Medicine
Children living in London will be offered an extra dose of the polio vaccine following the discovery of poliovirus in sewage in the British capital, health authorities announced Wednesday. The UK Joint Committee on Vaccination and Immunisation said a targeted...
by owner | Aug 10, 2022 | Medicine
The BA.4.6 subvariant of COVID-19 is the newest “variant of concern.” It is present in at least four states that the Centers for Disease Control (CDC) is tracking. Here’s what you need to know. What is BA.4.6?BA.4.6. is a spinoff of the BA.4 subvariant of the...
by owner | Jul 24, 2022 | Japan, News
Despite a worldwide 9% decline in COVID-19 cases in the past week, the virus is spiking in Asia with a 26% gain, including surpassing 200,000 cases for the first time in Japan. Deaths were down 4% and remain at among the lowest levels since the pandemic was declared...
by owner | Jul 23, 2022 | News
Thousands of aged care residents infected as COVID-19 hits a third of facilities across Australia. Aged care providers are calling for urgent action to protect residents and staff from a winter COVID-19 wave that is hitting more than one-third of the country’s...
by owner | Jul 22, 2022 | India, Medicine
Centaurus: what we know about the new COVID variant and why there’s no cause for alarm A new COVID variant has recently been detected in several countries including the UK, US, India, Australia and Germany. Called BA.2.75, it’s a subvariant of omicron. You might...
